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There's nothing of any value in this diatribe disguised as a review.

by chmaynard 6y ago

hyperbovine 6y ago
The same could be said for this comment. His article is full of concrete reasons why you might not want to buy an M1 right now. Would you care to address even a single one?
- TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
  The article is full of concrete reasons not to buy an M1 if you use Microsoft and Adobe software. I suspect the number of Edge users in the Mac ecosystem is not high. Acrobat might be more of a problem, but it's still not quite the mainstream MacBook Air use case. The question isn't so much "Do these apps work?" but "When will they work?" MS and Adobe will be distributing Apple Silicon builds within the year - most likely within six months, and possibly by early next year. So these are showstopper problems if you need these applications on a Mac right now, but not so much if you're planning to wait and see a while. Honestly, Catalina and Big Sur broke far more applications than the M1 move did. If you're doing the prudent thing and running a year or so behind it's very likely there will be fewer problems. So ultimately there aren't many reasons beyond novelty and a percentage of natural replacement why most people who lean heavily on Office and Acrobat are going to need a Macbook Air right now.
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S_A_P 6y ago
Agreed. Looks like he was seeking out apps that don’t work on day one(could be os related or Rosetta related because a lot of Mac software isn’t fully ported to Big Sur yet) Reviving the non touch screen argument, which is 100% subjective and basically written with vitriol towards the Apple marketing. Click bait hit piece.
dagw 6y ago
Completely disagree. This is the first review I've seen that talks about performance of 'obscure' third party apps that might never see a native port. That's very valuable to some people.

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There's nothing of any value in this diatribe disguised as a review.

by chmaynard 6y ago

There's nothing of any value in this diatribe disguised as a review.

hyperbovine 6y ago
The same could be said for this comment. His article is full of concrete reasons why you might not want to buy an M1 right now. Would you care to address even a single one?
- TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
  The article is full of concrete reasons not to buy an M1 if you use Microsoft and Adobe software. I suspect the number of Edge users in the Mac ecosystem is not high. Acrobat might be more of a problem, but it's still not quite the mainstream MacBook Air use case. The question isn't so much "Do these apps work?" but "When will they work?" MS and Adobe will be distributing Apple Silicon builds within the year - most likely within six months, and possibly by early next year. So these are showstopper problems if you need these applications on a Mac right now, but not so much if you're planning to wait and see a while. Honestly, Catalina and Big Sur broke far more applications than the M1 move did. If you're doing the prudent thing and running a year or so behind it's very likely there will be fewer problems. So ultimately there aren't many reasons beyond novelty and a percentage of natural replacement why most people who lean heavily on Office and Acrobat are going to need a Macbook Air right now.
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S_A_P 6y ago
Agreed. Looks like he was seeking out apps that don’t work on day one(could be os related or Rosetta related because a lot of Mac software isn’t fully ported to Big Sur yet) Reviving the non touch screen argument, which is 100% subjective and basically written with vitriol towards the Apple marketing. Click bait hit piece.
dagw 6y ago
Completely disagree. This is the first review I've seen that talks about performance of 'obscure' third party apps that might never see a native port. That's very valuable to some people.